AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 797 MHz
  • 2.5x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
  • 2.5x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 71.778 vs 22.828
  • 6.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1285.141 vs 210.585
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.839 vs 3.416
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 75.347 vs 28.662
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 321.767 vs 162.83
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 November 2014 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 71.778 vs 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1285.141 vs 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.839 vs 3.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 75.347 vs 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 321.767 vs 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7037 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2852
  • 80.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 46
  • 26.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 125.7
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 125.7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
71.778
22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1285.141
210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.839
3.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.347
28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
321.767
162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2852
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
46
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7037
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
125.7
3340
Name AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 71.778 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1285.141 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.839 3.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 75.347 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 321.767 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2852 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 46 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7037 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 125.7 3340
PassMark - G3D Mark 3026
PassMark - G2D Mark 225
Geekbench - OpenCL 10018
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4938
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1151

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Kepler
Code name Amethyst GK104
Launch date 23 November 2014 10 March 2014
Place in performance rating 898 899
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,482 gflops 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 640
Texture fill rate 108.8 GTexel / s 43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 3,540 million
Boost clock speed 915 MHz
CUDA cores 1152 or 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 174.3 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5448 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA